Scholarships

Scholarship: $1,000 for students ages 13-18 who write about an experience while traveling. Essay must be no more than 600 words. www.travelbigo.com/scholarships/SATW. Deadline: Sept. 27.

Easy as Pi III Zinch Scholarship:

The Easy as Pi III Zinch Scholarship is open to current high school students registered on Zinch.com. The Zinch profile will be the basis for choosing the $3,142 winner. Deadline: Sept. 30.

Questbridge: Questbridge offers full four-year scholarships to select institutions like MIT and Yale. Most finalists are in the top 5% of their class and receive an average of 1940 on the SAT. Need and merit are considered. www.questbridge.org. Deadline Sept. 30.

IvySelect College Scholarship:

$1,000 to offset tuition fees. Open to all high school juniors. Winner chosen on merit and a 250-word statement. Visit www.ivyselect.com. Deadline: Sept. 30.

Healthy Respect Scholarship:

Open to current high school students, grades 9-12. Submit an essay of 350-550 words, telling how making healthy choices has helped you focus on achieving your goals. $1,000 award. healthrespect.org/scholarship/. Deadline: Oct. 15.

The Joe Foss Institute's 2009

Veteran's Day Essay Scholarship:

Open to all U.S. middle and high school students. Essay on "What Do We Owe Our Veterans? and Why?" For information and to enter, go to www.jfiweb.org.

Deadline: Nov. 2.

First Freedom Student Competition: $3,000, $1,500 and $750 awards for students in grades 9-12 who examine religious freedom and its importance in an essay. www.firstfreedom.org/education/students.html. Registration deadline:

Nov. 23.

FIRE's "Freedom in Academia" Essay Contest: $5000 award. Open to U.S. high school students. Watch two short videos and write an essay of 700 to 1200 words in response. www.thefire.org/takeaction/students/essaycontest. Deadline: Nov. 6.